Millpond Equity Partners Invests in Financial Aid Services LLC
June 2, 2021
Millpond Equity Partners, a Boca Raton-based private equity firm, has made an investment in Financial Aid Services LLC (FAS), an Atlanta-headquartered provider of outsourced financial aid and bursar office services to not-for-profit colleges and universities. The transaction will support FAS’s capacity and capability expansion while founders David and Gay Gray continue to lead the company; financing was provided by First Merchants Bank and Oxer Capital.
- Buyers
- Millpond Equity Partners LLC
- Targets
- Financial Aid Services LLC
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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